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Post by Kevin on Jun 27, 2005 8:19:43 GMT -5
In looking back at the past, sometimes you forget some of the old frustrations. This happened last weekend when I was talking to my dad about WAKY and the old AM stations. He mentioned how he (and I) would try to cop a song off the radio with a tape recorder and how frustrated we would get when the DJ kept talking over the song.
Of course part of the great memories of WAKY are the DJ's and how they pumped you up when a great song came on, but I do now remember running off to FM Hi95 in order to get better recordings. I even think Hi95 promoted the fact that they don't "talk over your favorite music"
This was the beginnings of FM for me and the end of my WAKY love affair. Soon after, of course WLRS came along and everything changed completely.
I almost have a compulsion to apologize to WAKY (and AM music) for abandoning a great format, but I guess I wasn't alone. It's a trip to remember this stuff.
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Post by John Quincy on Jun 27, 2005 8:51:14 GMT -5
If only listeners could have heard WAKY and other AM stations the way they sounded on the in-house air monitors, the popularity of music on AM stations might have lasted longer. Most people don't realize that AM radio stations broadcast frequencies of 10,000 cycles or more but that the majority of AM radios are narrow-band receivers so you don't hear anything above 4,000 or 5,000 cycles. If you're fortunate to have a wide-band AM radio like the GE SuperRadio 3 or an AM stereo radio (remember AM stereo?), AM radio can sound pretty doggone FM-like.
With digital high definition radio being adopted by many AM and FM stations across the country (I read that WHAS was going to hi-def radio or is already doing it) listeners will finally be able to hear how good AM can be.
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Post by Max on Jun 27, 2005 10:00:34 GMT -5
Kevin, you must be my long lost twin! Your post echoes the way things happened with me, in regards to WAKY and Hi95. It's true the music quality on WQHI seemed alot better, but at the expense of lack of dj's. No matter what the station, doesn't change the fact there is still alot of music from the 70's that has been forgotten by 'consultants'. From the Hi95 era, you have songs like "Fool if you Think It's Over" by Chris Rea, "Bluer than Blue" by Michael Johnson, "With a Little Luck" by Wings, and others that never seem to hit the airwaves anymore.
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Post by bruiser on Jun 27, 2005 15:48:02 GMT -5
I happen to have a GE Super Radio and an AM stereo radio. I think the GE sounds much better than the stereo radio. You can buy a Super Radio for under $50, and they're well worth it. They are also a good dx machine. Not the best, but for the money they can't be beat. FM sounds good, too.
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